Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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The Brocade 7800 Upgrade license
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The Brocade 7800 Upgrade license
The Brocade 7800 has four Fibre Channel (FC) ports and two GbE ports active by default. The
number of physical ports active on the Brocade 7800 is fixed. There is one upgrade license to
activate the rest of the FC and GbE ports for a total of 16 FC ports and six GbE ports. The Upgrade
license activates FC and GbE ports, and also activates additional features outlined in Table 67.
Routing traffic No license required.
NOTE: Port-based or exchanged-based routing,
static routes, frame-order deliver, and
dynamic routes all included.
n/a
Security No license required.
NOTE: DCC, SCC, FCS, IP Filter, and
authentication policies all included.
n/a
SNMP No license required. n/a
Speed 8 Gbps license needed to support 8 Gbps on
the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC
switches and embedded switches only.
NOTE: The 8 Gbps license is installed by
default, and you should not remove it.
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license is
needed to support 10Gb FC ports on FC 16-32,
FC 16-48 blades and the Brocade 6510, as well
as to support the 10Gb Ethernet ports on
FX8-24 blades. (See “Ports,” above for more
information.)
Local switch
SSH public key No license required. n/a
Top Talkers Advanced Performance Monitoring Local switch and attached switches.
Traffic Isolation No license required. n/a
Trunking
• ISL Trunking or
• ISL Trunking Over Extended Fabrics
Local and attached switches.
Two-to-four domains in a
fabric
Value Line (Two/Four) Local switch. May be required on
attached switches.
USB usage No license required. n/a
Virtual Fabrics No license required. n/a
Web Tools No license required. Local and any switch you will be
managing using Web Tools.
Zoning No license required. n/a
TABLE 66 License Requirements and Location Name by Feature (Continued)
Feature License Where license should be installed
TABLE 67 Base to Upgrade License Comparison
Feature Base model Upgrade License
Number of Fibre Channel (FC) ports 4 16
Number of GbE ports 2 8